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Burial places of presidents and vice presidents of the United States are located across 23 states and the
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. Since the office was established in 1789, 45 people have served as
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. Of these, 39 have died. The state with the most presidential burial sites is
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with seven. Since its 1789 establishment, 49 people have served as
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. Of these, 43 have died. The state with the most vice-presidential burial sites is New York with 10. Fifteen persons have served as both president and as vice president. Of these, 14 have died, and each is listed in both tables. Altogether, 79 people have held either or both offices. Of these, 68 have died. The first table below lists each deceased president's place of burial, along with the date of death, and the order of their presidency. The second table lists each deceased vice president's place of burial, along with the date of death, and the order of their vice presidency.


Presidential burial places


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Vice presidential burial places


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See also

* State funerals in the United States *
Funeral and burial of Abraham Lincoln After Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, a three-week series of events was held to mourn the death and memorialize the life of the 16th president of the United States. Funeral services, a procession, and a lying in state were ...
* State funeral of John F. Kennedy *
Death and state funeral of Richard Nixon On April 22, 1994, Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, died after suffering a stroke four days earlier, at the age of 81. His state funeral followed five days later at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum ...
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Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan On June 5, 2004, Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, died after having Alzheimer's disease for nearly a decade. Reagan was the first former U.S. president to die in 10 years since Richard Nixon in 1994. At the age of , Rea ...
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Death and state funeral of Gerald Ford On December 26, 2006, Gerald Ford, the 38th president of the United States, died at home in Rancho Mirage, California at 6:45 p.m. local time (02:45, December 27, UTC).Wilson, JeffFormer President Ford dies at 93Associated Press. At 8:49& ...
* Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush *
Attempted theft of George Washington's skull In 1830, an attempt was made to steal the skull from the remains of American president George Washington, which resided in a tomb at Mount Vernon. Instead, the thief mistakenly removed the skull from the remains of one of Judge Bushrod Washington ...
* List of burial places of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States *
Presidential memorials in the United States The presidential memorials in the United States honor the various presidents of the United States and seek to perpetuate their legacies. Living and physical elements A presidential memorial may have a physical element which consists of a monume ...


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Presidential obituaries


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